After working at Symantec for six years, it felt really strange to say my final goodbyes. I’m not one for sentiment at work, so when I got choked up and had issues responding to people, hopefully they didn’t take offense and think that I was trying to brush them off.
I spent my last day at work trying to catch up on all the cases I had, trying to get through the final points of them so I could feel I did my best before handing them off. I think part of me was also in denial about leaving. When word started getting around that I was leaving, and people started coming over to say goodbye, I accepted that I was really going to leave that day and started packing. I surprised myself with how much I had collected over the years of being there, and had to make a couple trips out to the car with everything. I think a good sign of being trusted at the company was that my manager and his manager both left before I did, so I was practically on my own to leave the building my final time. After I triple-checked I cleaned out as much as possible, I left my badge with a former manager, and left for the last time.
When I got home, Rebecca had a large fruit basket waiting for me. She informed me about it earlier, but didn’t check the card. It turns out Venafi was so excited to have me come on board, they sent this out in welcome. It was a nice distraction from my absentminded thoughts about leaving Symantec.
